Writing an Analysis of Media Messages Answers

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Which statement best explains the effect of the word clean in this passage?

It shows that the speaker does not like farming because he dislikes getting dirty.

It draws attention to the differences between the speaker and his father.

It suggests that the speaker finds the sound of digging to be pleasant and wholesome.

It emphasizes that the speaker has many chores to do around the farm.

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Which statement best describes the effects of assonance in the passage?

The assonance connects the work of digging to the pleasure of holding the potatoes.

The assonance makes the poem sound choppy and disjointed.

The assonance draws attention to the speaker’s dislike of the countryside.

The assonance creates a link between the speaker’s writing and his father’s farming.

Which lines from the poem use alliteration? Check all that apply.

“My father, digging. I look down”

“Bends low, comes up twenty years away”

“The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft”

“He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep”

“Once I carried him milk in a bottle”

“Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods”

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